Witnesses in New Jersey have spoken of their horror at seeing a young mother douse her new born baby in a flammable liquid and set her alight. Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier, 22, is accused of burning her daughter alive on a public roadway at about 11 p.m. on Friday in Pemberton Township. 'It was just horrible. Like nothing you've ever seen,' said David Joseph, who lives across from where the incident occurred.Neighbor Joseph, 45, initially thought he had caught someone dumping garbage when she stepped out of her Land Rover - such was her calm demeanor.
'We saw the fire and we thought someone was over there burning trash,' he said. Joseph's wife then notice what was really going on and screamed. The woman then tried to flee but he managed to restrain her until police arrived.'It was just mind-boggling. It was a nightmare even if you have a strong heart. Hopefully she'll pay for it,' said Joseph.
Dorvilier was arrested at the scene. She is being held on $500,000 bail, prosecutors said. Medics rushed to the scene and airlifted the young child, which was still alive and breathing when they arrived, to St Christopher's Hospital in Philadelphia with severe burns. However the baby succumbed to its injuries a short time later. Emergency services were called to the scene after residents described a 'commotion' inside a nearby home before the horrific act The woman, who witnesses say lit the child on fire, was taken to Deborah Hospital, in Brown Mills, New Jersey according to NBC Philadelphia. She was then arrested after her condition stabilized. A makeshift memorial now stands where the baby was killed.
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